Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-06
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
IEesumptIsn Of yvorh After
the Holidays.


rae senate.
WAaarMaxoH, Jaa. 6.--Am0na pspsFs
transmitted 70 she Senate were shKse re-
poFts fFom the Seeretary Of War IL re-
soouas 70 resolutions 81 inquiry ~ 20
nhamne Of engineers "a inpFogefnenss
Al the rnonsh Of the Csianb5a ravsR;
also waFioas memorials Of pablta bodies
n favor o. the passage Of the inter
State oommezce bill.
Gallon presented q memorial OF the
FIsga0arg Chamber OF CommeFses also
Fsporg n pgooesdiaGa Of tAs Railroad
aonsenfiau o. the same snbtset.
Mitchell, Of Pennsylvania. from fns
Commifsee % Pensions. reported oin
zKznaiua Q pension Of $500 q year 20
fhe widow 81 GsneFaI John A. La1Rzn,
ssa aaked for ita ilnsnediase e0neidera
sfnn. uadeF obfsefion bf Coke, the btli
weu8 cEeE ualiI t0morFows
M6PheFAon offered Fesolasi01 cali
I'M on she Secretary Of the Treasury for
I sfafsment Of the indsbsedness II the
panfAo kaiiway c0mpaa lee 70 tits gov
eFnmsns Jsnuary !, 1887. wish details
Of AZ payments made on aeesunf OF the
same also a. b sunss due, OF 70 becone
due, principal and snteFtsl, under the
existing law, and whas di1sFsnee viii
result 70 che treasury If the pendinR SEN
eee fnndfna bill should become Law.
Hear moved 20 amend the Fes0lutl %
BIZ addine 20 IL thsss words. "And q
sfAaament OF sll existing qaea ions u
regard 20 khe amount Of such dehta "a
dispuss between said companies aud she
eUVeFnmene.7
MaPherson asRsed agsinss tbs pro
posed amendm6ns, ~ tending eowefas
dnlay, and suggested that e HoaF you'd
pfomisa nos 20 bring up the Dill 81 the
present session be would withdraw the
resolution.
Hoar expressed his great surprise 81
the proposition, but offered 70 agree not
10 oail 90 tho bill until shs infeEmats9n
asked be obtained.
MePharaon thanked the senator for
even shis concession. He asserted snat
che elect OF the Tending ball you'd Be
20 give 40 donation 10 these kaclne
railways more money than lie entire
valne OF oil the lands claimed under the
forfeiture hilla for she last three years.
hear regarded this very eztfaoFdi-
nMSy proceeding. This bill had been
reported IA its general features last
Congress. A debt amounting 70 about
oae hundred aud hfty million dollars
w0nId Do due the Government by these
companies II eleven or twelve years
from thia time. An equal amount
would DO due from she companies on
ID flFst mortgage bonds. 10 which the
9evsFnment dsbt Was subordinate.
The Judiciary Committee Was salts
fed IL would not be expedient for the
Government at she end Of that time h
drive THESE companies into bankruptcy,
OF 70 have them sold Ia the market on
the one hand, or operated BY the Gov
eminent on the other baud. II there
was any senator VITO dsheEsd with she
committee on either Of these pr0posi
tians be should be SURPRISED 90 leaEn
she fact. II the companies eoald be
assured that the Gosernment wsuld not
assert les authority, and wonid sliow
them 10 niake an arrangement 90 raise
q neg loan 10 pay Of the Government
loan, they would probably do shat, and
no on, bat now they could not
DO Il. The funding ball WAS recon.
mended by the present administration.
Edmunds suggested that ail the In
formation asked for IN tbs resolution
and amendment vas 10 b f0and Ia the
report Of the Railroad Commissioner,
stated very clearly and very veil. AZ
10 the opinion Of she Secretary Of tie
Treasury as TO tht effect OF the FandinR
bill, Il vas q matter Of simple arith-
Esetioal calculation, which any cue
ccnld make for himself.
After further discussion, In which
MePherson spoke of frauds IN 0onnec
ton With tha original stock, aud B0aF
~ A. ksa &
IN the banda Of small owners. and said
that discussion az This tune ognld only
DO Ia She imterest Of spectators, toe
matter went ever without ASTON until
tomarrow.
AZ 2 o'clock this afternoon she Sen.
ate took Up the conference fepoft on the
Inter State Commerce bill, aud vas ad
DR., saed by Piatt. Hes0pp0sed the con
ference report, and advocated It's reien-
zion solely TOR the reason that u pro-
hihited pooling. In all other respects
be favored the oompromise bill.
The sfease.
The House went into Committee Of
the whole on the Indian appropriation
bill. The bill gave rise 90 no opposl.
tion In any Of Ice features, and tue Com
mistee having arisen u vas passed VITA
ont disousazion or division. IL appro-
PIRATES SA.ilk.00.
The Military Academy appropriation
bin was then taken up and passed VITA
Ia quarter OF an hour.
Mr.. Morrow, OF California. presented
the petition Of James A. 6aFaeld Post
Ne. Il, Department Of California. In
favor Of the Edmunds and tucker anti
p0lygamy bill. Referred.
The speaker laid before the House the
following concentration, dated Wash.
tnetun, Dee. 81. 1856:
hereby resign nv eiiice Of Repre-
sentative In the 20 b Congress from the
5th Congressional District Of North
Carolina, 10 take effect from date. Re
spectfnily yonSa. Jas. W. RK1n"
fhe communication was laid on the
tahiA.
The House By vote of yeas III 10
nays GO went into Committee Of The
Whole. MF. springer. Of Iowa, IN the
chair, on the bill for she constellation
Of certain haFeAus Of the Navy Depart.
nent. The remainder Of she after
noon Was consumed in reading she ma.
SoEity report and minority report, and
wtfhoat action the 0ommisseo aFoss and
tue House adjourned.
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